Warpzilla Install Woes - OS2

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trouble. (If I need to go to another newsgroup, please let me know.)
When I try to launch firefox.exe it tells me that it can't find ...

Warpzilla Install Woes

I'm trying to get Warpzilla up and running and am having a bit of
trouble. (If I need to go to another newsgroup, please let me know.)
When I try to launch firefox.exe it tells me that it can't find libc05.
I downloaded libc06 from the Warpzilla site (which got it from
innotek.de and placed it in the folder where firefox.exe is located) and
it doesn't do the trick. (It specifically says libc05 OR libc06.) I
download libc05 and the file I get is libc-0.5.1.exe. Thinking that
this is a self-extracting file I run it and get an error saying that it
can't be run in an OS/2 session. It also refuses to run in a Windows XP
window. So what am I doing wrong?

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Re: Warpzilla Install Woes

Vernon Balbert wrote:
> I'm trying to get Warpzilla up and running and am having a bit of
> trouble. (If I need to go to another newsgroup, please let me know.)
> When I try to launch firefox.exe it tells me that it can't find libc05.
> I downloaded libc06 from the Warpzilla site (which got it from
> innotek.de and placed it in the folder where firefox.exe is located) and
> it doesn't do the trick. (It specifically says libc05 OR libc06.) I
> download libc05 and the file I get is libc-0.5.1.exe. Thinking that
> this is a self-extracting file I run it and get an error saying that it
> can't be run in an OS/2 session. It also refuses to run in a Windows XP
> window. So what am I doing wrong?
>
if memory serves me correctly, I had to open either an os/2 or a dos
command session and run it from the command line.

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Jack Wise

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overtones, the perfect foil for a meal of tacos and refried beans...

Re: Warpzilla Install Woes

On 9/25/2007 7:47 PM, Jack Wise went clickity clack on the keyboard and
produced this interesting bit of text:
> Vernon Balbert wrote:
>> I'm trying to get Warpzilla up and running and am having a bit of
>> trouble. (If I need to go to another newsgroup, please let me know.)
>> When I try to launch firefox.exe it tells me that it can't find
>> libc05. I downloaded libc06 from the Warpzilla site (which got it
>> from innotek.de and placed it in the folder where firefox.exe is
>> located) and it doesn't do the trick. (It specifically says libc05 OR
>> libc06.) I download libc05 and the file I get is libc-0.5.1.exe.
>> Thinking that this is a self-extracting file I run it and get an error
>> saying that it can't be run in an OS/2 session. It also refuses to
>> run in a Windows XP window. So what am I doing wrong?
>>
> if memory serves me correctly, I had to open either an os/2 or a dos
> command session and run it from the command line.

I did both and got the same results with the appropriate error messages.

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plural of spouse be spice?"

Re: Warpzilla Install Woes

Vernon Balbert wrote:
> On 9/25/2007 7:47 PM, Jack Wise went clickity clack on the keyboard and
> produced this interesting bit of text:
>> Vernon Balbert wrote:
>>> I'm trying to get Warpzilla up and running and am having a bit of
>>> trouble. (If I need to go to another newsgroup, please let me know.)
>>> When I try to launch firefox.exe it tells me that it can't find
>>> libc05. I downloaded libc06 from the Warpzilla site (which got it
>>> from innotek.de and placed it in the folder where firefox.exe is
>>> located) and it doesn't do the trick. (It specifically says libc05
>>> OR libc06.) I download libc05 and the file I get is libc-0.5.1.exe.
>>> Thinking that this is a self-extracting file I run it and get an
>>> error saying that it can't be run in an OS/2 session. It also
>>> refuses to run in a Windows XP window. So what am I doing wrong?
>>>
>> if memory serves me correctly, I had to open either an os/2 or a dos
>> command session and run it from the command line.
>
> I did both and got the same results with the appropriate error messages.
>
I'd say a bad download. Can't remember if it is a self extracting zip
but you could try unzipping it.
The best newsgroup for these discussions isnews://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2, also checkouthttp://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html
Dave

Re: Warpzilla Install Woes

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:46:19 UTC, Vernon Balbert wrote:
> On 9/25/2007 7:47 PM, Jack Wise went clickity clack on the keyboard and
> produced this interesting bit of text:
> > Vernon Balbert wrote:
> >> I'm trying to get Warpzilla up and running and am having a bit of
> >> trouble. (If I need to go to another newsgroup, please let me know.)
> >> When I try to launch firefox.exe it tells me that it can't find
> >> libc05. I downloaded libc06 from the Warpzilla site (which got it
> >> from innotek.de and placed it in the folder where firefox.exe is
> >> located) and it doesn't do the trick. (It specifically says libc05 OR
> >> libc06.) I download libc05 and the file I get is libc-0.5.1.exe.
> >> Thinking that this is a self-extracting file I run it and get an error
> >> saying that it can't be run in an OS/2 session. It also refuses to
> >> run in a Windows XP window. So what am I doing wrong?
> >>
> > if memory serves me correctly, I had to open either an os/2 or a dos
> > command session and run it from the command line.
>
> I did both and got the same results with the appropriate error messages.

Hmmm. When I run it, by clicking on it, I get the Innotek GCC Runtime
installation window. Try creating a special folder somewhere else, like
x:\temp, and running the exe from there. With exe files like this, I
usually uncheck "Close window on exit" in settings so as to see any
message(s) which may appear.

++++

"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so, Brain, but if the plural of mouse is mice, wouldn't the
plural of spouse be spice?"

Is this a syllogism from six sitting sheet slitters in the Kicky Sack
Sack Kicker factory in Hackensack, New Jersey, regardless of the toy
boat won in the sack race? (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

Pete

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Re: Warpzilla Install Woes

On 9/26/2007 12:14 AM, Pete went clickity clack on the keyboard and
produced this interesting bit of text:
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:46:19 UTC, Vernon Balbert
> wrote:
>
>> On 9/25/2007 7:47 PM, Jack Wise went clickity clack on the keyboard and
>> produced this interesting bit of text:
>>> Vernon Balbert wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to get Warpzilla up and running and am having a bit of
>>>> trouble. (If I need to go to another newsgroup, please let me know.)
>>>> When I try to launch firefox.exe it tells me that it can't find
>>>> libc05. I downloaded libc06 from the Warpzilla site (which got it
>>>> from innotek.de and placed it in the folder where firefox.exe is
>>>> located) and it doesn't do the trick. (It specifically says libc05 OR
>>>> libc06.) I download libc05 and the file I get is libc-0.5.1.exe.
>>>> Thinking that this is a self-extracting file I run it and get an error
>>>> saying that it can't be run in an OS/2 session. It also refuses to
>>>> run in a Windows XP window. So what am I doing wrong?
>>>>
>>> if memory serves me correctly, I had to open either an os/2 or a dos
>>> command session and run it from the command line.
>> I did both and got the same results with the appropriate error messages.
>
> Hmmm. When I run it, by clicking on it, I get the Innotek GCC Runtime
> installation window. Try creating a special folder somewhere else, like
> x:\temp, and running the exe from there. With exe files like this, I
> usually uncheck "Close window on exit" in settings so as to see any
> message(s) which may appear.

Turns out it was a bad download. Managed to get it working correctly.
Now I'm getting an error when trying to run Firefox. Figured I'd give
SeaMonkey a try.

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Re: Warpzilla Install Woes

Vernon Balbert wrote:
>
> Turns out it was a bad download. Managed to get it working correctly.
> Now I'm getting an error when trying to run Firefox. Figured I'd give
> SeaMonkey a try.

I highly recommend it. The news groups have many discussions of the hoops you
have to jump through to get Firefox and Thunderbird to coexist. I never could
understand why so many people insist on separate web browser and mail and news
readers when they are so closely related and interact so much.
>

Re: Warpzilla Install Woes

James J. Weinkam writes:
> I never could understand why so many people insist on separate web
> browser and mail and news readers when they are so closely related
> and interact so much.

For the same reason that so many people insisted on running their
Windows 3.1 applications in separate VDMs on OS/2: one was
protected from the other. In my experience, the web browser is the
most crash-prone piece of OS/2 software. (Incidentally, the same
goes for IE on Windows.) For that reason, the last time I upgraded
my installation of Firefox, I chose not to enable Flash and Java,
as these only made the browser more crash prone. (And once again,
the same goes for IE on Windows.) I really don't like having my
mail program taken down whenever the web browser crashes.

Re: Warpzilla Install Woes

tholen@antispam.ham wrote:
> James J. Weinkam writes:
>
>> I never could understand why so many people insist on separate web
>> browser and mail and news readers when they are so closely related
>> and interact so much.
>
> For the same reason that so many people insisted on running their
> Windows 3.1 applications in separate VDMs on OS/2: one was
> protected from the other. In my experience, the web browser is the
> most crash-prone piece of OS/2 software. (Incidentally, the same
> goes for IE on Windows.) For that reason, the last time I upgraded
> my installation of Firefox, I chose not to enable Flash and Java,
> as these only made the browser more crash prone. (And once again,
> the same goes for IE on Windows.) I really don't like having my
> mail program taken down whenever the web browser crashes.
>
Well, that's certainly a valid concept. I suppose it depends on what sites you
visit and various other personal browsing patterns. Personally I haven't had a
browser crash in several years with up to date Mozillas and more recently
Seamonkey. Of course Netscape was another matter back in the "good old days."